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y WIRE. FENCE Toor.. No. 604,972.

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HUGH w. DENISoN, oF e'Ei-IARTS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIcNoE or oNE-y HALE To J. o. LowRY, kor SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE-FENCE TOOL.

SPECIFICATIONl forming part of Letters Patent N o. 604,972, dated May -31, 1898.

Application iiled March 28,1898. Serial No. 675,463. @To model.)

T all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, 'HUGH W. DENISON, of Gebharts, in thecounty of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Wire-Fence Tool, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is a tool for repairing wire fences, by which tool it is possible to shrink the wires when they become slack and also to splice them when they are broken.

This specification is the disclosure of one form of.. my invention, while the claims define the actual scope thereof. A

-`Referenceis to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention in use as a wire-shrinking device. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the head of the tool. Fig. 3 is a face view of the head, showing the wire-splicing elements. Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary face viewof one of the lugs used for shrinking the wire, showing the peculiar formation thereof; and Fig. 5 is a view showing the action of the invention on the fence.

-The tool has a shank 6, providedwith a head 7, on one face of which are two lugs 8. These lugs 8 are square in cross-section and are disposed with two of their corners in immediate proximity, the space between such corners being just sufficient for the passage of the fence-wire 9, as shown in Fig. 1. Each lug 8 has its four corners cut away slightly to form plane surfaces 10, which operate to produce a more effective crimp in the wire, as

` will be described fully hereinafter. The other side of the head 7 of the tool is provided with a splicing-lug 11, having an undercut 12. Formed in the head 7 of the tool is a radial slot 13, which leads to the splicing-lug 11.

In using the invention for shrinking the wires of a fence the wires are passed, one at a time, between the lugs 8, as shownin Fig. 1, and the tool is then revolved or turned, so as to producecrimps in the wires, as shown in Fig. 5. The plane surfaces 10 at the corners of the lugs 8 lprevent vthe formation of acute angles in the crimped portions of the Vtive convenience.

action of my invention the staples of the pickets 14 will ind seats in the crimps produced by the tool, and the pickets will be held very firmly in proper position. In using the invention in splicing the wire the ends of the wire are passed through the slots 13 and engage with the lug 11, whereupon the tool is turned, so that the ends will be twisted together and the splice or joining be effected.

The slot 13 in the head of `the tool may also be used for crimping the wire, if it be so desired.

The invention is simple and durable in construction and may be made effectively of castiron, in which form it will-be very cheap. It provides means for repairing wire fences in an entirely effective manner and with compara- Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. ,A wire-fence tool having a shank, a head carried thereon, and two angular lugs projecting from one face of the head and arranged in proximity with each other, the lugs having portions cut away at their corners to produce plane surfaces, bywhich angles may be formed in the wire" as the wire is crimped by the action of the tool.

2. A wire-fence tool having a head, ashank carrying the head, the head being provided with a slot extending through to one edge thereof,a splicing-lug projecting from one side of the head adjacent to the inner end of the lug and having an undercut portion, and two 'crimping-lugs projecting from the opposite side of the head, the crimping-lugs being angular in general contour and having their edges cut away to produce plane surfaces.

3. A wire-fencing tool having a Shank, a

head attached t0 one end of the shank and Slot and two angular` crimping-lugs attached two angular erimpingdngs located rigidly on rigidly to the opposite face of the head.

one face of head and adjacent to each other. ,f T

Ll. A Wire-fencing tool having a shank, a HUGH V DEBISON' 5 head attached to one end of the shank and W'itnesses:

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having` a slot therein, a splicing-lug attached rigidly to one face of the head adjacent to the XVM. II. VALTER. 

